US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Nov. 4 for "Control device having an integral reflecting structure for a sensing circuit" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,623, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Control device having an integral reflecting structure for a sensing circuit" was invented by William Taylor Shivell (Breinigsville, Pa.) and Matthew Philip McDonald (Phoenixville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light...